New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-29
FENCING FOB THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
TRoucHEr DEFEATS sESAo ny TaREH POINTS OUT
OF TOTAL or THIRTY-oNE-A brilliant

TRoucHEr DEFEATS sENAo ny TaREn POINTS OUT
OF TOTAL or THIRTY-0NE--A BRILLIANT
MATCH.
One OF tho most Interesting and skiliuly contested
fencing matches ever seen in this city took place last
usht at Cosmopolitan Hall between Regis Senao the
well-inown fencing master OF this city. hitherto the
champion OF America. and Louis fro uchet
an accomplished swordsman, who has recently como
vver from Paris The match was tor ST 900 and tho
championship Of North and South America Trouehet
won BY score OF seventeen points to his antagonists
fourteen.
Tho attendance was not largo, but consisted almost
altogether OF club men and amateur athlete, Few
ladies and nearly all the professors OF fencing in town.
Among those present were exJudgc Horace kuss ei.
Mr. de Goicouria, vice-president OF tho New OK
Hammond and Professors Roudelle and Frcderics'
Ronald Thomas and W. +. Lawson seoondcd oenao
and Dr. Van Schaick and Maurice Bernhardt per
beser. OF the Uoited States Naval Academy at
Arms, ,ols proved efficient and impartial referee.
Senso was the first to step upon the slaxe. h h
of some foryy years, five feet and ten inches heu
and weighing 100 pounds, dressed IN black VeiVe|
with a broad scarlet ncing belt and white ganntie'
as he raised his geap.g roll aoa ssiu'S S s II wss
plain that hr the favonto. HE opponeht 10 tn'i
two years old and but five feet and i've inches IN
height bat every inch OF him sse1 a" s1 se ""S
Without delay the two crossed their tolls ana
executed graceful salute OF fsnciful passes anu a
Tho first assault lasted fifteen minutes ana consisted
of eighteen separate encounters Each fenoer aied
to strike the bust Of his adversary with the pont
his foil. which bore a checked button. Each Di0w 10
planted counted point tor the assalant. oenso
secure the first point Trouchet the second sna tnrd'
In the fourth encounter Senno disarmed his riva',
which counted point tor the former; With varying
success the encounter continued. The agility dls,
played by Trouchet aud his lightnng-like lunges anu
disengagements called forth repeated ROUNDS OF
applause while the admirable psrry'ns and defence
of the older man made the pvints come slowly tne
close of the first quarter OF an hour during ~nich
Trouchet acted the aggressive oil through 'no
scoie stood Trouchet 8 Senac u.
After Ave minutes intermissinh the second Assault
began in which SeDao changed his tactics, attacking
his adversary fercey and forcing him to the barriers;
There wero twenty encounters IN me sscona
assault OF fifteen Minutes at the close oil which oenac
bad scored points and Trouohet 3. This mrde toe
score eycn-1f to H. Then followed the assault WIZ
rapers 1t lasted also 6teen minutes. and ponts tSa
ON oil parts of the body, AMI the cold steel rang win
wicked clang the now Thoroughly aroused co"'
testants clashed together for fame and victory.
With sworos from the start Senao did not seom 30
ruch at home as his antax onist whose dods ns anu
Ieapng and twisting while not quito so rect no
tho manner OF SeDao enabled him to get there win
unerring accuracy TrOochet scored u points 70
Seuao's g. thus winning the match end the champlpn.
shin by the small majority OF three points out Oh
total of thirty -One.